Amyloidosis can be acquired or hereditary, localized or systemic, and is classified according to the fibril precursor protein. Local amyloid deposition occurs in the brain in Alzheimer's disease ...

amyloidosis is the most common form of systemic amyloidosis in developed countries. Although occasionally localized and amenable to surgical eradication, AL amyloidosis is usually systemic ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have conducted a longitudinal study on an individual ...

The results of a new brain imaging study led by researchers at Stony Brook Medicine indicates a link between WTC exposure duration and the presence of amyloid in the brain. Amyloid is a protein in ...

Hints that the removal of amyloid plaques — which are a defining ... the challenge is to achieve high antibody levels in the brain in a localized and controlled manner. He believes that ...

including those who are excluded from current anti-amyloid therapies. Localized neurovascular inflammation is common in neurodegenerative diseases such as AD, and leads to reduced blood flow to th ...